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I'm with cathy77 on this way of marking.
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I use the bar attachment on my walking foot when I am cross-hatching.
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I use painters tape because it eliminates marking on the quilt. I have used ordinary masking tape as well. I measure and mark with a pencil in the seam allowance along the quilt edge. I then use painters tape from mark to mark across the quilt. Once I've sewn a line in one direction, if possible I put the crosshatching bar on my machine and follow the first mark as my guide.
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Originally Posted by mckwilter
(Post 6875650)
I use the bar attachment on my walking foot when I am cross-hatching.
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I have seen repositionable tape.
Originally Posted by charlottequilts
(Post 6875444)
What color painter's tape are all of you using? I can only find blue here, but there used to be a less-adhesive purple.
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I don't like to mark. Its easier just to mark one line and use the bar attachment.
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Originally Posted by Cathy77
(Post 6875640)
Painter's tape around here is cream coloured.
I don't use it though, I prefer to mark the lines with a pen. I found out that my lines are more accurate and straight when I can simply follow a drawn line. |
I've seen green and blue (and the older style cream color) but I've seen the blue in a sensitive paint type of variety. It's supposedly less sticky. I don't think I've seen the green (which is called frog tape) in a less sticky variety. For painting, anyway, we prefer the green.
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Originally Posted by mckwilter
(Post 6875650)
I use the bar attachment on my walking foot when I am cross-hatching.
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I have it and yes I do use it for marking when quilting, but only to space my design correctly such as loops in a sashing. I don't use it for crosshatching. Instead I use the ruler markings on my longarm ruler as I am quilting.
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